Astounding Science Fiction, Volume 40 Number 1, October of 1947. Published by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., New York, NY. 164 pages. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Featuring essays by John W. Campbell, Jr. as The Editor, G. S. Curry and P. Schuyler Miller. Includes the following works of fiction:
Old Doc Methuselah, a novelette by L. Ron Hubbard as René Lafayette. Problem in Solid, a novelette by George O. Smith. Target, shortstory by Peter Cartur. Collector's Item, shortstory by Frank Belknap Long. The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3), a serial novel by L. Ron Hubbard.